User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060406 Firefox/1.5.0.4 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-1) Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060406 Firefox/1.5.0.4 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-1) I specified two keyboard shortcuts for xfwm4 this way: 1) I went into Settings->Window manager Settings 2) Opened the Keyboard tab 3) Chose Add to create a new configuration 4) Edit the entry "Next workspace" to XF86Forward 5) Edit the entry "Previous workspace" to XF86Back When I start XFCE, these settings are not taken into account, although the key bindings in X are fine (tested with xev). I have to go into the Settings dialog again (the changes I made are still there) and close it to get the desired behaviour. Reproducible: Always I am running version 4.3.90.1 (Xfce 4.4 BETA1) packaged on Debian Etch.
The key theme is stores in the .themes/ subdir within the user's home dir $HOME/.themes/<theme name>/xfwm4/keythemerc. You should check if the keythemerc file contains the defined shortcuts.
(In reply to comment #1) > The key theme is stores in the .themes/ subdir within the user's home dir > $HOME/.themes/<theme name>/xfwm4/keythemerc. > > You should check if the keythemerc file contains the defined shortcuts. Yes, I have this file in the .themes/configured directory and it contains the defined shortcuts. I also have a symlink to this file at .themes/xfwm4/custom.keys/keythemerc
- What if you assign other more standards keys? - Where do XF86Forward and XF86Backkey key symbols get assigned in your setup? I suspect that the keys might be assigned (using xmodmap) after the MCS manager has started, and the window manager cannot grab these keys.
Could please update that bug with the requested informations? Otherwise, I'll have to close that bug because I don't think it's an issue with xfce.
(In reply to comment #4) > Could please update that bug with the requested informations? Otherwise, I'll > have to close that bug because I don't think it's an issue with xfce. > sorry for the delay. I think you pointed out the reason why shortcuts are not loaded: I use a custom xmodmap file that is loaded after the window manager is started. I have to find a way of loading it before, but it is not clear to me as to how. Thanks for the good work on XFCE ;) ps: I set the bug to WONTFIX but I am not sure it is the right thing to do.